Choosing the right cooking school

Choosing the Right Cooking School

Deciding on a culinary career might not take much thought, but how do you choose the right school from more than 1,000 postsecondary culinary, restaurant, and hospitality programs? Factors to Consider First, ...

Chef in culinary school kitchen

From Cook to Chef to Director: Profile of Laura Gedicks

Laura Gedicks wasn’t sure what she wanted to do as a career when she was younger. “I had bounced around a lot of different schools, and spent a summer traveling,” ...

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Finding and Applying for Scholarships

Culinary training can be expensive—nearly as expensive as attending a private university and sometimes more expensive than attending a public university. Few prospective students can simply pay the bills from ...





Start Your Career in the Culinary Arts!


Somewhere down the road, you realized you can stand the heat, and you want IN to the kitchen. A formal culinary education is a must if you want to make cooking your career, and a top cooking school is just the place to start.

At a top culinary school you will learn all the art and science behind the flavors and gain the skills you need to work in the culinary field. Cooking school is a great place to find your niche, and we at CulinarySchools.com are here to help you find the best culinary school for you. At this site you'll not only find information about choosing the right cooking school, you'll also find some great articles about hot trends in dining,unusual culinary careers, and even get to know a working chef. If you have a culinary school in your future, you have come to the right place! Good luck, and get sizzling!

Learn about more of our featured culinary schools to the right or browse the site for articles related to a culinary career, interviews of current culinary professionals, and culinary schools and programs in your area.

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That delightful treat, the cheesecake, can be found today at nearly every restaurant. Today there are a thousand different recipes for cheesecake, and the only consistent ingredient you’ll find in any of them (other than sugar!) is cheese. Typically, cream cheese, Neufchatel, cottage cheese, and ricotta are used. The earliest history of the art is [...]

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Being a food stylist

The Art of Food Presentation: Being a Food Stylist

While most folks interested in the Culinary Arts choose to work in the kitchen as chefs, there are a few others that are interested in the more unusual culinary careers that are out there. One of those is being a Food Stylist. What Does a Food Stylist Do? Food stylists combine culinary art and science [...]

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Culinary school checklist

Admission Requirements and Process

Getting into a culinary program or school depends on a number of factors, starting with what kind of schools you’ve chosen. Some schools are very competitive and so can afford to be highly selective about applicants. Others are not so selective and only request that prospective students fill out an application and pay a fee. [...]

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How to become a pastry chef

How Sweet it is: Becoming a Pastry Chef or Pâtissier

Who doesn’t love dessert? If you enjoy making them as well as eating them, have you considered a career making breads, pies, chocolates, candy, cookies, ice cream and cake? If so, you’ll be happy to know that there is a growing demand for food industry professionals, and pastry chefs in particular. There are many excellent [...]

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Where Do I Start?

You love the hiss of the stove and the clang of the pots and pans. You can stand the heat, and you want in to the kitchen. You are ready to launch your culinary career, and that means you need to earn a culinary degree. So you’ve made the decision; it’s time to go to [...]

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